So..I'll throw my two cents into this discussion.
As others have said, Lightroom was designed for photographers and will
do nearly all of what you need for image processing. A big plus with LR
is that your editing is non-destructive so you can always revert back to
your original image.
Adding to LR, Photoshop Elements will enhance your post processing if
your editing has a need for layers. You can quickly and easily move
from LR to PSE and back again. The latest version (v13) is said to
nearly approach the full CC version in its ability to repair images.
V13 of PSE is finally available in both 32 and 64-bit versions. The
down side of PSE is that most of its editing tools are still only 8-bit.
PSE is still an inexpensive alternative to the full PhotoShop.
OnOne Suite 9 is also a good choice as a supplement as well to LR. Its
masking and compositing functions are extremely capable and the resize
module is built on Genuine Fractals. Suite 9 comes in three flavors -
LR/Aperture plugin - Stand alone - and Premium, which includes both the
plugins and stand alone. It does require a 64-bit OS.
-p
On 12/5/2014 2:50 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote:
Photoshop or Lightroom? Lightroom or Photoshop? Or both? Or neither?
For the last couple of years, photography has been a dormant hobby, the
camera really only coming out to record events, usually in jpeg, so I can
swiftly take them off the card and e-mail on if required. I now finally have
some time to get back and do long overdue photo jobs, you know scan 3-4000
slides and about 1000 rather aged photos, that sort of thing, and I want to
improve/repair them as well. Most of them are very old family pictures that,
sadly, only I am left to reliably say who they were and when/where they were
taken, so this can be passed down to the next generation.
I also want to start shooting more RAW files, and in all the chaos of the
last couple of years, I no longer have any reliable software.
So, running a Windows PC, I looked at what seems the most popular software
and then the reviews on YouTube. In either Lightroom or Photoshop videos (do
people call them videos in 2014?), they would tell you why this was the best
choice and in the final minute suggest that you'll probably need the other
as well. A sitting on the fence special.
Anyway, given the vast difference in price between the two (I'll come back
to that in a moment), I will be getting a new copy of Lightroom and a 4TB
external hard drive this weekend. Then we come to Photoshop. It appears that
it is now no longer available to buy as usual software, but as a monthly
subscription and use of 'the cloud'. Given that in real terms, external
storage in the TB range is cheap - the 4TB drive I'm getting is far cheaper
than the 500GB drive a bought a couple of years ago - why would you want to
store your work where the provider can either go bust, be hacked or you may
have intermittent access to the internet? I also strongly object to paying a
monthly fee to something I may or may not use on a regular basis. Next I
looked at getting the last software version, but copies of this range from
almost free, to re-funding the Apollo missions. Is there an equivalent to
Photoshop made by someone else who doesn't want to grip you firmly by the
bank account, or have they gripped folk like this as there is no real
alternative?
In the old days, I'd shoot a roll of slide film with my LX, send the film
off to Agfa or whoever, and job done.
No doubt this subject has been kicked about to destruction - hence the
subject title - but any advice welcomed.
Malcolm
PS - Used the K3 for the first time yesterday, absolutely love it. Deeper
grip is fantastic.
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